Racial/ethnic differences in identity and mental health outcomes among young sexual minority women

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 380-390

  Balsam, Kimberly F ^a   Molina, Yamile ^b   Blayney, Jessica A ^c   Dillworth, Tiara ^d   Zimmerman, Lindsey ^d   Kaysen, Debra ^d  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual women; Ethnicity; Lesbian; Race; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LGBT PEOPLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE USE; ADOLESCENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; LESBIANISM; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937073466     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038680     Document Type: Article

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